No problem!

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Nice one Tony :)

No problem, thanks for watching!

Glad you liked it!

Welcome aboard!

Definitely have a play with it!

Glad you liked it :)

Same here bro. I don't know any other way.

Same. It's better this way

Yup! Same here

Yes, using sync and having perfect beatgrids will allow you to go crazy in slip mode without worrying that things are drifting out underneath :)

Not sure you can on the FLX4

It has a built in sound card

@@digitaldjtips thanks

There's a button to switch behaviours on modern CDJs, so you can choose.

That's the big one, another thing is just feel - whatever you're used to

@@digitaldjtips No no no, that's not the big one at all, or do you only refer to the so called vinyl mode that acts like vinyl mode anyway when you pause? If you really don't know maybe you should let someone with real experience do the answering.

Wow, a year goes fast, and I see you never got a real answer, so I'll provide one for you and anyone else who read this. One benefit of using the CDJ mode is of course that the whole platter will act as a pith bend device, and stops in the music because of accidental touching of the platter are avoided. But, the biggest benefit of using the CDJ mode is the ability to set absolute accurate cue points on the fly. The stutter sound you can hear when pausing is actually the enhanced sound on the exact frame you have paused on. By rotating the platter in one or the other way, or using the search arrow buttons, you can go frame by frame until you find the exact frame where you want to start the track. Because of the enhanced sound of every frame you pass, it's possible to set new cue points even on vocals surrounded by other sounds, and in loud environments. Very useful when your set cue point don't match the beat grid, as vocals tend to come in just before or after. This is next to impossible to achieve in vinyl mode as the scratching sound you hear when moving the platter back and forth won't define the different elements of the sound you hear. Only defined kicks and snares are possible to set rather accurate, but never as exact and the same every time as CDJ mode will give you. This is the main reason DJ's who are using vinyl mode are so very dependent on setting a lot of cue points, or hot cues, depending on the software they are using. When you're live and pick the tracks best for each moment, those cue points may end up being useless, and all those prep hours to set them in advance may be wasted time. At least if you like me play open format and never know which tracks will play together. Now, there it is. I hope this will help DJ's understand the CDJ mode, and at least dare to try it out to get less dependent on preparing and more flexible to do stuff on the fly. But, it will take some practice to train your ear to hear what's going on, and this is why you need to understand the possibilities, or it's easy to understand the ''what the f***'' reaction first time they press pause in CDJ mode, and get a loud stutter instead of complete silence.

@@dj-peterofficial2753 That's actually pretty interesting lol. I spin on vinyl but I've never really had problems with setting accurate cue points though, I feel like song knowledge and practicing control really help in things like that. Shoutout to you for sharing that CDJ knowledge! Thats super convenient

@@kevroc31 You're welcome. Soon forgotten knowledge it seems. At least for those who are not using Pioneer hardware players. I used vinyl for the first 10 years, but in the early 90's I was away abroad for a couple of years, and when I got back home in 1994 vinyl and all the turntables were just gone from everywhere. Starting all over using CD's was the only option, and for me it was the new Pioneer CDJ-500/DJM-500 that was my choice. The dominant player for a decade was the Denon dual-players, but they worked the same and all had the CDJ mode as the only choice. Vinyl mode didn't became a choice until Pioneer released the CDJ-1000 in 2001 but int took a few more years until the Pioneer players became common and available for most DJ's. By then I had been using CDJ mode as the only option for 10 years, and when I got the chance to test the vinyl mode for real with my CDJ-800's back in 2004 I saw no benefit to go back to something I left with the vinyl and turntables. I'm no turntablist and just can't stand the sound of scratching. When I started it was a sign of a bad release of the platter if the backscratch could be heard before dropping it on the beat. I still use vinyl on nostalgic occasion and I actually did 8 gigs with vinyl in October last year as the last gigs before the restriction completely closed down everything for us. I can still play with vinyl fairly well, but it's far from the tempo I do things when using digital gear, but it's OK. No one expects quick mixing when playing original 12'' from the 70's to the early 90's :) . I do set pride in being able to use just about any gear from the past, all the way to the latest. On my channel you can find several recordings with older gear I've made the last year. Gear so old that vinyl mode was not even on the drawing board yet, but it still works and is fun to use :) .

Agreed, most people DJ this way.

Marc has actually done one on his other channel: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/msVgoqVktsCzj6M.html :)

We've already got a few up if you search our page :)

Mixars Primo

@@digitaldjtips I've been thinking of purchasing the primo. i heard has jogwheel problems...when in vinyl mode, they stay in cdj mode, one side completely stops working, and the crossfader having a huge cut-in distance. have you encountered any of these issues???

You can see the names of the tracks within the DJ software :)

Digital DJ Tips great video by the way

Thanks :)

Yeah having to remember to check!

@@digitaldjtips That goes both ways, and it's plenty worse for us who use CDJ mode. Don't complain.